Friendly Fifth Friday News March 15, 2019 In an attempt to help our lodge leaders become more familiar with resources, changes, deadlines and other information, I will compile a weekly Friendly Fifth Friday News email to our leadership. Some of the information you might already have, but hopefully it will be a good reminder for all of us (me included) of all the great resources that Sons of Norway has to offer. Please feel free to cut and paste any of this information for your lodge s use! Send all web posting info to inputd5@sonsofnorway5.com Business Cards Available! Kit Chase from Myrmarken 5-609 used their new lodge business cards to recruit prospective members at the Marshfield Cultural Fair. Sherri Framness, Myrmarken lodge Vice President/Secretary said "we did exchange cards with a couple of attendees, so we are hoping that the contact information gained will produce good results." A total of 16 lodges have now signed up for FREE business cards from District 5. Lodges recently signing up to use this membership growth tool are: Elvesund 5-593, Norse Valley 5-491, Shawnee Skogen 5-689, Wergeland 5-028, and Polar Star 5-472. Pass these cards out to your active members. When a member meets someone interested in Sons of Norway, he or she gives the prospect TWO business cards, saying, "Here's one card to keep, with my contact info written on the back. Can you put your contact info on the other card, so I can put you on our lodge newsletter list?". District 5 will give one set of 500 lodge business cards to any lodge which wants it. Fill out this form below: Lodge name/number: Lodge website (if any): Lodge facebook page (if any): Contact name: Contact phone: Contact email: Where do you want the cards sent: Name: Phone Address: City/St/Zip: Send this completed form to: Mike Palecek, D5 Treasurer, 5747 Sandy Ln. Racine WI 53406 or email to mikep@sonsofnorwayracine.com. Allow 3 weeks for delivery. -1-
Upcoming Zone Meeting updates! Zone 2 April 27, 2019 Tom Boudreau and Kathy Broadhead Zone 3 Sunday, June 2 Zone 5 Leadership Conference Saturday June 8, 2019 9 am - 2 pm All Saints Lutheran Church 630 S. Quentin Road Palatine, IL Hosted by Skjold Lodge 5-100 Woodland Church ; 190 Hoover Ave., Plover WI. Cheryl Schlesser Picnic and Fisheree - Edgerton Lunch and snacks will be provided. All officers and any other interested parties from your lodges are encouraged to attend. Connie and I will be choosing topics in the next month or so. We would like your input as to what you might like to see presented. Besides formal presentations, we will be doing sharing with other lodges: eg What was your favorite program (s)? What has worked really well for you? What have you had difficulty with? How would you do it differently? Can we help? Please look at the list of topics below and check any you would like to learn more about. Feel free to add any others that may interest you and send to me at ksecora@mc.net. Fraternally, Kathy Secora D5 website features Getting around International website Membership concerns Masse Moro camp Forms to file Officer nominations/succession Sons of Norway blog Lodge Fundraising Lodge interaction Public relations Volunteer Forms/Fraternal Gives Officer duties Cultural speakers Cultural classes S of N Perks FFF News -2-
Due today - District Scholarships! www.sonsofnorway5.com and click on Benefits- District Scholarships to get the forms! 2019 District 5 and International Calendar and Deadlines (Updated 3/15/2019- changes in red) March 15, 2019 District Five Scholarships due- Book Scholarship, Folk High School, and International Summer School April 1, 2019 Sons of Norway Foundation deadline for Nancy Lorraine Jensen Memorial Scholarship* April 5-6, 2019 District Board meeting in Dearborn, MI April 15, 2019 Sarah Paulsen Scholarships due for Masse Moro Campers April 27, 2019 Zone 2 meeting- Woodland Church ; 190 Hoover Ave., Plover WI. May 15, 2019 Fraternal Funds Report due to Sons of Norway Headquarters IRS filing deadline for tax form 990. Lodge treasurer needs to notify Sons of Norway Headquarters when 990 has been submitted. D17 & 990 filing deadline for lodges that own property *Social membership with Sons of Norway required. **Insurance membership with Sons of Norway required. June 2, 2019 Zone 3 Picnic and Fisheree at Wille Farm in Edgerton June 8, 2019 Zone 5 Leadership Conference, 9 am - 2 pm, All Saints Lutheran Church, 630 S. Quentin Road Palatine, IL. Hosted by Skjold Lodge 5-100 June 15, 2019 Zone 4 Meeting-Picnic at Heg Memorial Park (6300 Heg Park Rd., Wind Lake, WI) with a tour of Old Muskego settlement museum. DISTRICT FIVE LODGE MEETING June 24-28, 2020 at the Radisson Hotel, Grand Canyon Drive, Madison INTERNATIONAL LODGE MEETING August 16-23, 2020 in Hamar Norway -3-
Viking Chest Rotation The rotation will begin again with this rotation. The zone directors are responsible for keeping track of the whereabouts and letting their lodges know that the chest is in their zone for that time period. The chest should be brought back to the District Board Meeting to be given to the next zone. Time period Zone with chest October 2017-April 2018 4 April 2018-October 2018 6 October 2018-April 2019 1 April 2019-October 2019 3 Zone Meeting Schedule 2019 Note: Zone Date Hosted by Location 1 Thursday, Feb 21 Zone 1 Directors Veterans Community Center, Hayward during the volunteer reception after 2 April 27, 2019 Tom Boudreau and Kathy Broadhead Barnebirkie Woodland Church ; 190 Hoover Ave., Plover WI. 3 Sat. Feb 16 Idun Lodge Trinity Lutheran Church, Madison 3 Sunday, June 2 Cheryl Schlesser Picnic and Fisheree - Edgerton 4 June 15 Mike Palecek Heg Park, Wind Lake 5 Saturday June 8, 2019 9 am - 2 pm 6 Skjold Lodge 5-100 All Saints Lutheran Church 630 S. Quentin Road Palatine, IL -4-
Check correspondence from the International and District and the International (www.sofn.com) and District (www.sonsofnorway5.com) websites for any updates and changes. Additional deadlines for the District 5 and International Conventions/Lodge Meetings will be added as those dates are established. Watch for future mailings and the District 5 website. The District 5 Convention will be June 24-28 at the Radisson Hotel, Grand Canyon Drive, Madison hosted by Idun Lodge. The International Sons of Norway Convention will be August 16-23, 2020 in Hamar Norway Compiled by Darlene Arneson, SN District 5 Secretary (arnesonfamily5@gmail.com or 608-873-7209) -5-